In fact, the roots of plants are the fatal weakness of all plants.
However, when faced with other mutated plants, they often forget this weakness of plants.
Jiang Wan's reminder made Cheng Zhen realize his mistake. He immediately tried to use earth magic to get close to the roots of the Cape Sundew, and then, without thinking twice, he would cut the roots off!
However, he was a level four mutant. Although he couldn't speak yet, he still had basic thinking. He saw through Cheng Zhen's intention and immediately used his tentacles to insert into the soil to prevent him from getting closer.
After several attempts, Cheng Zhen couldn't get even a fraction of a distance from its root.
The main reason is that it is of a much lower grade than the Cape sundew.
"Damn it!" After several attempts, he was utterly defeated and disheartened.
In the end, the rose mutant used its own roots to approach the roots of the Cape sundew from the soil.
The roots of the two mutants were locked in a fierce battle beneath the soil, while Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen launched harassing attacks on the tentacles of the Cape sundew on the ground.
The other basic ability users were also busy, each using their own abilities to do their part.
Finally, through the combined efforts of several parties, the Level 4 mutated rose and the Cape sundew fought to the death.
With the death of the level-four mutated plant, everyone finally realized that the basement was completely empty, containing nothing but the mutated plant. This meant that all the supplies in the entire underground military factory were in other rooms, and this place was just a checkpoint.
Cheng Zhen, disregarding the cleanup, quickly searched for mechanisms around the walls.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaoxin was somewhat saddened by the frequent deaths of her assistants who perished alongside the mutated plants. She also found the corpses scattered all over the ground unlucky, so she insisted that Yu Fen lift her up as far away from the ground as possible.
Yu Fen refused: "What time is it now? We're busy cleaning up the battlefield and need to find the zombies and mutants here as soon as possible."
How could he possibly have the time or inclination to make a child happy?
As soon as he said "no," he was glared at fiercely by the captain.
That one look meant: Isn't my daughter worth you coaxing?
Yu Fen glared back weakly, unwilling to give up: Go coax yourself!
Cheng Zhen's sore spot was hit, and her eyes and expression became even more ferocious: Are you going or not?
It was as if they were about to pick him up and beat him up if he disagreed!
He was actually quite frustrated: he wanted to try and coax her, but the girl didn't want him!
She would rather have a Yu Fen who doesn't coax her than a biological father who is willing to do everything to be good to her!
Cheng Zhen died of depression!
Fine! What can you do when your captain is such a doting father?
Helpless, Yu Fen had no choice but to carry the little girl on his shoulder, holding her knees with one hand to control her body, and then reaching out with the other hand to probe the wall, trying to find the mechanism.
The little girl, sitting high up, had a great view. She stared intently at the row of patterns where the wall and the sky met. Suddenly, she noticed a spot that was unusually recessed, so she reached out and touched it.
"Click-clack".
Suddenly, the sound of a door being opened rang out.
It turns out that this wall was actually a door, and the mechanism was the pattern that Jiang Xiaoxin had touched.
Yu Fen had previously thought the little girl was troublesome, but now he felt that she was truly an amazing lucky star!
Cheng Zhen was the first to rush into the room, and immediately saw the mutated zombie human who had initially surrounded him outside.
So that's where you were hiding!
Besides him, there was a room full of mutated zombies, all sitting neatly together. They had no intention of running away and seemed quite surprised that someone had come in!
"I never expected you to have such abilities!" The man narrowed his eyes, staring at him warily, while subconsciously taking a slow step back.
They've been hiding here not because they don't want to leave, but because they're confident that no one can break through the mutated plant defenses outside.
Cheng Zhen had no interest in chatting with them. He activated his purification ability, charged up his iron arrow ability, drew his musket, loaded it, and unleashed a barrage of shots at the zombies and mutants in the room.
They certainly resisted, but against two level-two purification abilities, they had no chance of winning. Before long, all the mutated soldiers were killed.
Aside from the soldiers who had mutated into zombies, many of the dead were ordinary civilians. When the zombie soldiers realized they couldn't defeat Cheng Zhen and his group, they instinctively used ordinary zombies as human shields.
Some realized that their chances of survival were slim, so they turned their guns on them, wanting to kill them first!
At this point, all the mutated ordinary people knelt down and begged for mercy.
They just wanted to live, not die.
Cheng Zhen spared only one soldier, the one who had attacked him at the beginning.
They then had Yu Fen and the others tie up the mutated ordinary people and lock them in the next room.
Then he began questioning the man separately: "Tell me, what exactly is going on with you? Why are there mutated zombies appearing?"
In Cheng Zhen's worldview, humans are humans, and zombies are zombies. Zombies are formed from the dead, and they can infect humans, causing them to die, lose their minds, and become monsters.
But he never imagined that there would be individuals like them who retained both human consciousness and zombies in this world!
The man sneered, "Do you think I'd tell you?"
Yu Fen realized he wanted to commit suicide and reached out to stop him, but Cheng Zhen stopped him: "Be careful! He's a zombie!"
Fearing infection and being afraid of harming the innocent, the two watched helplessly as he committed suicide.
Yu Fenqi was puzzled: "Is he a zombie or a person? He's already died like this, are we going to have to kill him again later?"
Sure enough, no sooner had he finished speaking than the man's corpse suddenly mutated, becoming so powerful that it tried to break free of the ropes and bite them to death!
Yu Fen, who was prepared, shot him in the head.
With all the mutated soldiers dead, they could only target the ordinary mutated people. These people looked like ordinary city dwellers, so questioning them was much easier.
But after asking, they were completely taken aback!
First: They are not from Zhusha City, nor are they from the various counties or rural areas under Zhusha City!
Second: They weren't accidentally bitten by zombies and infected with the zombie virus! They were perfectly healthy when they were forcibly captured and injected with the zombie virus!
After listening to their cacophony of voices, Cheng Zhen was utterly shocked: "Who arrested you? Who is controlling you? What is their purpose?"
"The city guards of Vermilion City! They say that if we are injected with this virus, we can become as powerful as zombies, and most importantly, we won't need to breathe oxygen anymore!"
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